The temperature on August 31, 1863 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
Day of death January 5, 1935
The temperature on January 5, 1935 was between 2.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
May 27 » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
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